Behnke Nurseries is pleased to announce that we have opened a Landscape office at our garden center in Potomac MD, to offer more convenient service for our Montgomery County customers.

Now you can meet with our innovative designers at either our Beltsville or our Potomac location. (Since our designers work both in the field and office, meetings at either location are by appointment only.)

Behnke Nurseries Design and Installation staff will work with you through all the stages of your landscape project. From the initial consultation and site visit with our designer, developing a formal design, to the installation of plants and hardscape features, you will feel that your “outdoor living space” is in the best of hands.

Thanks to the “buying power” of our garden centers, Behnke’s has access to hard to find types and sizes of plants from growers from across the country. Whether you are looking for that “sense of place” feeling that comes from a landscape of plants from the mid-Atlantic, a garden that reflects your heritage, or a landscape that reflects current trends or fashions, our designers and install crews will make sure your dreams come true.

Working with Behnke Nurseries Landscaping assures you that the installation crews are Behnke Nurseries’ employees. We work with you from start to finish and don’t vanish after your project is complete. With a registered landscape architect on staff, we provide services from simple tree and shrub replacement plantings, to full scale design-build projects incorporating patios, walkways, walls, outdoor kitchens, exterior lighting and fencing. Our main focus is our residential clients but we also service discriminating commercial companies.

It is a good idea to plan ahead to get a professional plan! Call 240-473-6733 or email us at landscaping@behnkes.net as soon as possible. If an operator is unable to answer your call immediately due to the volume of incoming calls in the Spring season, please leave a voice message so that we may return your call.

Landscape Spring Cleaning!

Call Behnke Design & Landscape today at 240-473-6733 and schedule a Spring yard cleanup service!

A typical cleanup will include:

• Leaf and winter debris removal
• Seasonal Pruning
• Pre-emergent weed prevention and feed for landscape beds
• Bed edging
• Top dressing mulch

This is a great way to start the Spring off right, and will make any touchup work later in the year a simple task.

This offer is limited to our existing local service areas of the Washington, DC Metro area (excluding Virginia). Please call 240-473-6733 for further details.

Job Fairs:   We will be interviewing candidates for positions in our garden centers and design and installation department at our annual job fairs. If you enjoy working with people and enjoy gardening, then stop by for a chat-no appointment necessary.  We have many seasonal positions for spring offering flexible hours, and employee discounts on plants and merchandise.

Job fairs at both of our garden centers (Beltsville and Potomac) from 10AM to 4PM, Saturday, February 23, 2008.  For information visit our website at http://www.behnkes.com/

Enjoy a Beautiful New Landscape this Spring!

Spring is just around the corner! Now is the perfect time to beat the rush and schedule a consultation with the award-winning Landscape Design and Installation Department at Behnke Nurseries.

A beautiful landscape will add beauty and value to your home, extend your outdoor living areas, and provide your family with years of enjoyment. Behnke’s Landscape Design & Installation Division, located at our Beltsville and Potomac stores, offers a wide range of services, including on site consultations, finished landscape designs, and the installation of plants, as well as garden features such as walkways, retaining walls, patios, seasonal cleanup services, lawn care programs and much more.

Don’t wait! Consultations and designs scheduled now will be first in line for installation as soon as spring arrives. For more information contact us by phone at 240-473-6733; office hours are Mon-Fri 9-5, call and leave a message anytime or drop us a email: landscaping@behnkes.net

Heres A Great Offer from Our Landscape Department:

“Leap into the New Year” and take advantage of Behnke Nurseries’ Design & Landscape Department’s Leap-Year Special!  Schedule a Site Consultation from now to the end of February 2008, mention you want the Leap-Year Special, and receive $50.00 off our normal Site Consultation charge!

What is a Site Consultation? One of our expert Landscape Designers will meet with you at your property in January or February. We will help you with any phase of your landscape concerns. Need specific advice for a problem spot, plant, or overgrown foundation planting?

Perhaps you just need help developing a yard task-list to enhance your existing landscape. Of course, your site visit may lead to a detailed landscape design, along with our professional installation of plants and hard-scape elements such as patios, walks and walls.

Don’t wait! Call Behnke Design & Landscape today at 240-473-6733 and don’t forget to mention this offer!

This offer is limited to our existing local service areas of the Washington, DC Metro area (excluding Virginia). Please call for further details.

Low-water gardens can be beautiful.

You do not have to let your shrubs, trees and lawn wilt and die to conserve water, nor do you need to have a yard composed of rocks and gravel to have a water-efficient landscape. In fact, you can have lush, colorful and functional landscapes that are full of plants, turf and flowers and use substantially less water.

Low- water or water-efficient landscaping is often called “Xeriscaping.” The term Xeriscape was created by Nancy Leavitt in conjunction with the Denver Water Department in 1981. The goal then and now is to develop sensible gardening methods which ensure water conservation. The word, Xeriscape, comes from the Greek word “xeros,” meaning dry combined with the word, landscape. Originally developed for drought-afflicted areas, the principles of xeriscape today have an even broader application. Xeriscapes do not have a single look – almost any landscaping style can be achieved.

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